Collar-supporter.



G. P. JAMESON.

COLLAR SUPPORTBR.

APPLIOATION TILED SEPT. 11. 1911.

1,1 16,344. Patented Nov. 3, 19-14.

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GEORGE P. JAMESON, OF BRILDGEPDRT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE THOMAS P. TAYLORCQ, 0F BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

COLLARSUII"ORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

Application filed September 11, 1914. Serial No. 861,213.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE I. Jameson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, Fairfield county, Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Supporters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to garment supporters, and has special relation to supporters for collars and the like.

The invention contemplates a supporter and stiffener for collars and the like that can be readily flexed to the shape that conforms to the style of collar and includes novel means that serve to reinforce the supporter, yet permitting the supporter to be readily bent, or flexed, to the desired shape.

In carrying out the invention as generally stated above it will be apparent that changes in details and structural arrangements may be resorted to, one simple and practical embodiment of the invention being shown in the accompanying drawing wherein the improved supporter has been shown in a detail perspective view.

The improved supporter is preferably formed of light, flexible wire shaped to provide a base member 1; an upper member 2, the arrangement being such that an open frame is formed having rounded, tapering end portions 3 which form the connecting mediums between the two members 1 and 2. At regular intervals, the base member 1 is equipped with upstanding supporting fingers 4: which project well above the upper member 2 and may have their free ends provided with eyes 5 to facilitate stitching or otherwise attaching of the same to the collar or other article that is to be supported. As shown in the accompanying drawing, the fingers 4 may be graduated in length, and each finger at an intermediate point, is provided with an eye 6 through which the upper frame member 2 extends. The de scribed manner of connecting the fingers 4 to the upper member 2 reinforces the frame and fingers, and also permits the fingers to be moved lengthwise of the said member 2 and also be flexed to various angular positions relative to said member.

It is preferred to make the supporter from a single length of material, as is shown in the accompanying drawings, the fingers 4: i

being shaped from loops projecting from the base member 1 and being twisted together. The end eyes 5 are formed by leaving the extreme ends of the fingers untwisted, and the intermediate eyes (3, which form the means of attaching the fingers to the men ber 2, being formed by opening a portion of the twist in each finger, and such eyes 6 are made large compared with the size of the member 2 so that there will be no liability of the fingers binding on said member 2. At the point where the ends of the material meet, such ends may be firmly fastened together by coiling, or wrapping, as indicated by the numeral 7.

The improved supporter is of special utility in connection with collars of the type that flare outwardly, for it will be apparent that the supporter may be readily flexed to the desired contour to support and stiffen a collar of that type.

WVhat I claim as my invention is 1. A supporter comprising a frame including a base member and a reinforcing and guiding member, and fingers carried by the base member and projecting beyond the reinforcing member and rovided with intermediate eyes through w iich said reinforcing and guiding member projects.

2. A supporter for collars and the like comprising an open frame provided with a base member and an upper reinforcing member, and fingers carried by the base member and having intermediate slidable connections with the reinforcin member, the free ends of said fingers pro ecting beyond the reinforcing member.

3. A supporter for collars and the like comprising an open frame provided with a base member and an upper member, said frame being formed of flexible material, and flexible fingers carried by the base member, said fingers projecting beyond the upper member and terminating in eyes at their free ends and having intermediate eyes through which said. upper member projects.

4. A supporter for collars and the like formed of a. single length of flexible material shaped to provide an open frame including a base member and an upper member, the base member having fingers that project beyond the upper member, said fingers being formed by twisting together portions of the material and terminating at their free ends in eyes, said fingers having lntermediate eyes through whlch the upper member extends.

5. A supporter for collars and the like formed of a single length of flexible Wire shaped to provide a frame including upper and lower members, the ends of the frame beinp; rounded and tapering, said length of material being shaped to provide reinforced fingers that project from the base member and extend beyond the upper member, said fingers being provided with eyes through which the upper member extends.

6. A supporter for collars and the like comprising a flexible frame provided with an upper member and a lower member, and flexible fingers carried by the frame and projecting beyond the upper member and provided with means for slidably engaging the upper member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE P. JAMESON.

Witnesses:

F. W. SMITH, Jr., M. T. LONGDEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

